Cranberry Cinnamon Honey Butter
Posted: 10/22/2012
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This cranberry cinnamon honey butter is the perfect topping for toast. Easy to make in five minutes in a food processor. Don’t serve boring bread!
I love making compound butters of all sorts–the possibilities are endless! My vanilla bean butter remains one of my favorites, so much vanilla goodness packed into it! Or try pumpkin-honey butter or gingerbread butter. Perfect for fall.
About this cranberry cinnamon honey butter
This butter is perfect on any bread, but on toasted bread? Oh my. It melts down and the cranberries almost turn into a jelly-jam type substance.
It. Is. So. Good.
Also, I’d highly recommend spreading it on this homemade oat bread. The flavors are just perfect for each other.
Almost as if they were made for each other.
Oh wait, they are.
P.S. Try this cranberry cinnamon honey butter on whole wheat pancakes! So delicious! It would be so good on pumpkin bran muffins, too.
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servings
This cranberry cinnamon honey butter is the perfect topping for toast.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Blend all ingredients together in food processor until well incorporated. Scrape down sides as needed. I have a small-sized food processor and needed to scrape down the sides frequently.
- Scrape the butter into a small serving bowl. If desired, form into a log on plastic wrap, wrap completely and refrigerate until firm.
- Best served at room temperature but store in refrigerator when not using.
Notes
- Serving size: 1/2 tablespoon.
- Try this compound butter with homemade Cranberry Walnut Oat Bread. It's so good!
Nutrition Information
Calories: 61kcal, Carbohydrates: 3g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 15mg, Sodium: 1mg, Potassium: 4mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 178IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 3mg, Iron: 1mg
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
Verdict: Dangerous stuff! I could eat it by the spoonful.
Husband’s take: He’s not a huge fan of dried cranberries, but he liked the butter and ate it with the bread.
Changes I would make: None!
Difficulty: Easy!
Oh…how I wish that was sitting in front of me right now.
Viola L Shields says
Can this cranberry butter be canned?
Rachel Gurk says
I don’t think so. :) Thankfully it’s pretty easy to whip up!
RV says
Could this butter be sweetened with maple syrup instead of honey since the cranberry bread has maple syrup as an ingredient ?
Rachel Gurk says
Yes, definitely! That will be delicious.
Bonnie says
Would love to make this butter with the bread for Christmas gifts! How much does it make? Wanting to fill the smallest canning jars.
Thank you!
Rachel Gurk says
It uses 1 stick of butter so it makes just over 1/2 cup.
Rachael {SimplyFreshCooking} says
This is DELICIOUS Rachel! I just made it. Super easy and very yummy. I’m serving it with homemade beer bread for Thanksgiving. I didn’t think it made a large enough batch, so I ended up using the same ingredients with mascarpone cheese instead of butter… so now I have 2 different yummy options. Thanks for the recipe! :) :) Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Rachel says
Oh YUM! I’m so glad you like it and the mascarpone cheese version sounds so fantastic! Happy Thanksgiving, Rachael!
Veronica Miller says
What a holiday delight! I can so see this crowning that bread beautiful bread as a Christmas morning treat. YUM!
Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen says
I make a lot of quickbreads around the holidays, so this recipe will definitely be put to good use in the coming months! It looks delicious.
Rachael {SimplyFreshCooking} says
This is the best thing I’ve seen all day! Totes making this for Thanksgiving!!! :)
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef says
mmm, this is a MUST make. delicious flavors & it looks sooooo pretty :)